Move follows published documents showing Brazilian company agreed to sell 78,000 gas canisters to Venezuelan military

MIAMI—The Brazilian government said it has suspended tear gas sales to Venezuela in response to its neighbor’s deadly repression of protests.

The decision comes after Venezuelan opposition last week published documents showing Rio de Janeiro-based security company Condor Tecnologias Não-Letais agreed to sell 78,000 gas canisters to the Venezuelan military despite the deaths of dozens of protesters.